DISEASES OF THE CARDIOVASCULAR APPARATUS (F)
cod. 1002414

Academic year 2011/12
3° year of course - Second semester
Professor
Academic discipline
Malattie dell'apparato cardiovascolare (MED/11)
Field
Tirocini formativi e di orientamento
Type of training activity
More
8 hours
of face-to-face activities
1 credits
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Integrated course unit module: RESPIRATORY AND CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES

Learning objectives

To know the diseases of the heart, to properly use the diagnostic tests in cardiology

Prerequisites

Anatomy of the heart and the circulation.
The cardiovascular function

Course unit content

Heart disease:
Chronic coronary artery disease, Acute coronary artery disease Sudden death
Heart failure
Valvular heart disease
Cardiomyopathies
Hypertensive heart disease
Cor pulmonale
Pericardial diseases
Arrhythmias, atrial fibrillation

Diagnostic tests:ECG, Exercise stress testing, Echocardiography, Radiology of the heart, Nuclear cardiology, Magnetic resonance Imaging, Computed tomography, Cardiac catheterization and coronary angiography

Full programme

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Bibliography

Harrison's. Principi di Medicina Interna, Mc Graw-Hill.
Braunwald’s Heart Disease, Saunders Ed.

Teaching methods

oral lesson

Assessment methods and criteria

oral assessment

Other information

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